52 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



our influence depends. Dedicate your daily life 

 to high ideals, and in this training of self-control 

 and self-knowledge your soul will increase in sen- 

 sitive intuition to all promptings from the creative 

 resources of the Spirit which are infinite. 



Horatio Dresser, than whom none has aided 

 more in the cult of spiritual thought, says: 

 " Deep within every human soul there is a dorm- 

 ant intuition which, if it be quickened, will guide 

 us as unerringly as the instinct of the dove, to our 

 home in God " (Power of Silence) . That " quick- 

 ening " can be obtained only when we listen 

 for our soul's commands. This is difficult in the 

 hurly-burly of life till we have made our minds 

 sensitive to the soul's lightest whisper by wooing it 

 in silent concentration. 



Remember that we thus raise the Tattvas to a 

 subtle plane, which means increasing activity, 

 vastly increased velocity. This higher rate of vi- 

 brations increases the power of the soul to mani- 

 fest its control over the mind, in fact, puts the two 

 en rapport as nothing else can. The strength 

 which the mind thus gains is shared by every nerve 

 and externalized in the increased vigor and vitality 

 of the body. Existence should be made a joy. 

 Only thus can any soul manifest its highest powers. 

 And to this end the daily life as far as it is under 

 personal control, should be ordered with harmony 

 and restraint. Moderation in eating is important 



